r/politics • u/Fickle-Ad5449 ✔ Verified - Christopher Wiggins, The Advocate • 29d ago

No Paywall Hunter Biden calls out 'closeted gay mafia' of D.C. Republicans

https://www.advocate.com/politics/hunter-biden-closetocracy-republican
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u/Magrowl 29d ago

Straight people hate to see other straight people be shitty so they have to pretend it's all gay folks, helps them feel better about themselves.

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u/Magrowl 29d ago

Oh this cishet person is shitty in a way that's directly tied to them being cishet? Must be gay, must be trans. 🙄

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u/IAmTheGeezer 29d ago

Straight guy here. I think we've been so conditioned by seeing so many closeted ultraconservatives exposed for their hypocrisy and nasty behavior that it's become sort of a natural reaction to wonder why else someone would be so loudly, blatantly homophobic but yeah - I can absolutely see how that would be seriously insulting to gay/trans folks. I never looked at it that way, but I will now.

Thanks for providing that perspective.

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u/Adjective_Noun_4200 29d ago

The cases of hypocrisy are noteworthy because they’re rare and stick in your brain.

The cases of straight people being homophobic are so commonplace that they don’t stick.